CNG 97, Lot: 968. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase. Circa 675-680. Pale AV Thrymsa (12mm, 1.08 g, 12h). Pada series, Rigold PIII(1), Type 97. Mint in Kent. ↃNCΛTI ΛVИC, diademed and draped bust right / PADA (in Runic letters) ANVSPFΛONC, cross over saltire, arms terminating in annulets, pellet in center. Sutherland 82 = SCBI 63 (BM), 35 var. (legends); Abramson 1-50; Metcalf –; North 31; SCBC 770. Good VF, toned, light deposits. Attractive style. Very rare.